Initial Expectations: Wicked appears
to have put a lot of effort into this DVD, which
is almost always a very good sign.

Initial Reaction: For his first
feature, Red Ezra does an amazing job!
Chances holds its own against Flash! , his second
feature.

Who Should Watch It : Fans of
Stephanie Swift, couples, and fans of porn with
quite a bit of plot

Who Should Avoid It: Raincoaters

Audio /Video Quality: The audio is up
to Wickedís normal high quality. Everything is
very clear and well balanced. The video lacks a
little. Some of the colors are off a little and
there are a few areas with some pretty good
pixelation.

Music: The audio is a little harder
rock than most but very well balanced and very
fitting for many of the scenes.

Menus: The menus have a nice bit of
animation and look great, which is pretty
standard for Wicked. Theyíre easily navigated
and the menus split nicely to keep similar
choices together, such as having a separate audio
bio menu for the guys and the women. The only
complaint I have about them is the chapters are
listed by number rather than the performer in
them.

The Feature: Chances follows
Karen, played by Stephanie Swift, whoís at kind
of a crossroads in her life. She quit stripping
at her boyfriendís request and is now kind of
lost as a bartender since she isnít making nearly
the money she used to. Her boyfriend, Evan
Stone, doesnít help things much since heís
basically a deadbeat in a band. She isnít sure
where to go or what to do, but she knows that she
isnít happy now.

Heather Lyn starts things off by herself on a
bar. Sheís an attractive redhead who has on a
white bra, panties, garter belt, and shoes that
comes off while she works on herself with a
silver vibe. After a little interlude, she gets
busy in a back booth with Mickey G. Mickey sucks
on her fingers a little before she drops down to
aggressively take all of Mickeyís cock in her
mouth and down her throat. Heather does a great
job of using her eyes to the full effect for this
scene which really makes it into a great scene.
Not surprisingly with a blowjob like this, it
doesnít take Mickey long to blow his load all
over her face and into her mouth. Itís a fairly
short scene, but has a lot of heat.

The next scene is more like several short
sequences strung together in a strip bar. After
a few strip sequences with beauties like
Stephanie Swift and Devinn Lane, Frank Fortuna
gets a little more personal attention from Amber
Michaels in the back corner of a strip club.
Amber starts out with a nice little tittie-fuck
before working his cock over with her mouth.
Itís a much shorter blowjob sequence than with
Mickey and Heather, but the combination of the
sequences work very well together.

Stephanie Swift touches herself briefly
during her shower before whacking boyfriend Evan
Stone with a pillow while he plays his guitar.
They make their way into the bedroom where they
have a little playful fighting before moving past
being just playful. After giving each other a
little solo oral attention, they work it together
in a 69. They finally get around to the main
event, and Evan fucks her in a couple positions
before giving her stomach some of his special
ball lotion. Itís a very good scene that has
good chemistry, heat, and a realistic feel to
start it off that you rarely see in adult films.

After being tied up by Julie Meadows and
Stephanie Swift, both of whom are clad in some
hot fetishwear, Jason McCain gets some head from
Julie while Stephanie watches and fucks herself
with a clear dildo. Julie goes straight to
having Jason fuck her ass while Stephanie also
takes her dildo in her ass while fingering her
pussy with her gloves hands. Finally, Jason lets
go with a pretty moderate pop on Julieís face.
Itís an extremely hot scene thatís also very
artistic. The entire scene is shot in black and
white and has the feel of a very old porn scene.

Devinn Lane and Shay Sweet lotion each other
up while giving each other plenty of finger fun
and tongue lashings. As usual for Red Ezraís
style, thereís lots of bright colors in the
costumes that go a little over the top with
Devinn in a orange and snakeskin bikini and Shay
in a bright yellow bikini. After working each
other over naturally, they bring out the vibes
and each girl gets worked over with a vibe the
same color as their swimsuits. Itís another hot
scene but ends a little suddenly, as girl - girl
scenes often do.

Sydnee Steele and Herschel Savage gets busy
in the back kitchen. Sydnee drops to her knees
to suck off Herschel with also working his cock
over with her hands. She does a great job of it,
looking up at Herschel through most of it.
Afterwards she lays back on one of the kitchen
carts for Herschel to fuck her pussy. She turns
around for him to fuck her from behind, finishing
it off by spraying his joy juice on her garter
belt and letting it run down the strap. Itís a
very hot scene, as one has come to expect from
Sydnee, and she does it here right up to her
normal quality.

Finally, Ian Daniels gets lucky with
Stephanie Swift. They start lightly with a lot
of caressing before Stephanie works Ian over
orally. Once again they go straight from oral to
fucking without giving any pussy eating. After a
couple positions, Ian gives Stephanieís stomach
some spooge spray to finish the scene. Itís a
fairly short scene thatís very couples oriented.
Thereís some great chemistry here that saves the
scene from being just another couples feature.

For his first movie, Red Ezra does a great
job with Chances. The story is well
written and Stephanieís acting brings it up
another notch. The sex might be a little too
couples oriented for some people, but the
chemistry in almost all the scenes is fabulous
and makes for quite a bit of heat. Red Ezra does
much better with his first movie Chances
than many other directors do after dozens of
movies.

Extras: Wicked has all their usual
extras here as well as a few others. Audio bios
are included for Stephanie Swift, Devinn Lane,
Shay Sweet, Sydnee Steele, Amber Michaels, Coral
Sands, Julie Meadows, Heather Lyn, Mickey G.,
Evan Stone, Ian Daniels, Herschel Savage, Frank
Fortuna, Jason McCain, and director Red Ezra. I
think about the only person they left out was the
guy who went for sandwiches, which is a great
thing. Trailers are included for Vengeance ,
Spellbound , Knockout , which
every Stephanie Swift fan should make sure to
see, and Flashpoint . As
with most of Wickedís releases, two photo
galleries are included. Both look great and have
framed photos which last about five seconds
apiece. The movie gallery lasts almost two and
three quarter minutes while the behind the scenes
gallery lasts almost two minutes. Of course, the
usual promotional materials, Wicked Web, Wicked
Casino, company profile, Free Speech Coalition
commercial and listing of Wickedís AVN and DVD
award winners and nominees is also included.

Interviews are also included with Heather Lyn
and Devinn Lane. Heatherís interview lasts just
over two and a quarter minutes. Heather is
resting at the time and it looks like the
interview got snuck in right before her afternoon
nap. She talks about why sheís pickier with her
girls to perform with than her guys and what she
does in the movie. Devinnís interview lasts a
little over a minute and a half. It looks like
she was caught before she heads inside for the
scene. She talks about her scene and as usual,
looks amazing! Both interviews are pretty short
and donít add too much. They do, however, give
the viewer a little look at the performers as
people and let them get a little taste, no pun or
teasing intended, of the stars.

Thereís also two, yes two, audio
commentaries. I actually had very high
expectations for both of the commentaries after
how well Red Ezra handled a solo commentary for
Flash! , his second
feature. The first has Red Ezra with Stephanie
Swift. They talk about the movie as well as some
of the topics around the movie. Devinn Lane also
checks in with her puppy for part of it, which
just happens to be during Devinnís scene. The
second commentary once again has Red Ezra, but
this time heís joined by fellow director Nic
Andrews and editor Slammy. They talk quite a bit
about the art direction and a lot of the things
that most people wouldnít even notice. Although
itís fairly serious at times, the guys joke
around enough that it never gets too serious.
Both commentaries are extremely full and
enjoyable.

Finally, thereís All Access - The Making
of Chances , a thirteen and a half minute
behind the scenes look at Chances .
Everybody in the feature is credited as they
appear, and most of them are interviewed during
the featurette. Of course, thereís also plenty
of behind the scenes antics, such as Redís
birthday and Evan Stone talking about how he
prepared for his part. As usual, Evan is a riot
and makes the most of every second heís on
screen. For itís length, itís a great behind the
scenes featurette.

Overall: Currently, Chances
can be found online for between $25 and $30 with
very few stores offering it at this time. This
is one of the best couples features Wicked has
come out with in a long time. Thereís hot sex as
well as a well acted story. Although the
transfer is better than most studios, it isnít
quite up to Wickedís normal standards. The
extras are excellent, especially the
commentaries.

Note to Wicked: Nice job here. During
the commentaries there was a bit of cut footage
mentioned that would have been great to include
here.

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